Design prototypes and mass-produced objects made in the US during the Depression manifest the birth of industrial design in this country. These products were typically made of such materials as Bakelite, aluminum, vinyl, Plexiglas, nickel, and tubular steel. The star designers of the time, Paul Schreckengost, Erik Magnussen, Raymond Loewy, Wlater Dorwin Teague, Kem Weber, Gilbert Rohde, and Donald Deskey, sought to teach middle class Americans on how to live modern.